Shoestring-holder



'(No Model.) l

W. -D. HANOGCK. SHOESTRING HOLDER.

N0.6o 4,917. Patend May 31,1898.

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WILLIAM D.HANCOCK, .OF COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS.

'sHoEsTRlNG-HOLDER.

srncIFrcATron arming part or Letters Patent No. 604,917, dated May 31, 189s.

Application led `August 12, 1897e` Serial No. 647,997. (No`model.)

To all whom it mayoria/cern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. HANooeK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coffeyville, in. the county` of 'Montgomery and State of Kansas, havepinvented a4A new-and useful Shoestring-lflolder,` of whichthesfollowing is a specification.

This invention relates toshoestrin'g-hold-f ers, its object being to provide a 'simple and efficient holder in which'theshoestrings are superposed and uniformly looped around ya series of vertical posts, with the middle loop of each Shoestring accessible from the exterior of the holder in order that it may be grasped for the purpose of withdrawing each string separately without disarranging or tanafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. v

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved Shoestring holder. Fig. 2 is a plan view, the upper end of the A holder being open.

Similar referen cenu meralsindicate similar parts in both figures.

The holder preferably comprises a casing,

The casing willpreferably bevrectangular in" form and comprise a base or bottoml, the sides 2, and the ends 3 and 4. The end 3, which for convenience will `be termed the front end of the holder, is formed in two sections, with a space 5 between them.

6 indicates a vertical lfinger-post which is secured to the bottom or base' in any suitable manner and extends up in the space 5. This iinger-post is preferably V shaped in crosssection, with itsv apex `extending inwardly, and the outer face of the post is provided with a vertical groove 7 to aiford room for the thumb and finger to grasp a string, as will be more lfullylreferred to hereinafter. Y

8 indicatesAV vertical'- posts securedlin any suitable manner to the base just to the rear of the finger-post 6 and on each side thereof. 9 indicates a pair of spaced vertical posts secured in any suitable manner to the base near the rear-end of the holder. These several f posts are so arranged that the vertical axis of the finger-post 7 will be substantially mid way between the vertical axis of the spaced posts 9, and the vertical axis of the latter will be substantially midway between the fingerpostv 6 andthe respective posts 8 on each side thereof.

, 10 indicates the shoestring,which,as shown, is'looped at its middle, and the middle loop is'fitted over the inger-post 6. The two por- .tions'of the string extending from the middle loop are then'iirst looped around the respective posts 9 and then around the respective postsl 8, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Preferablya removable cover l1 (indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l) will be provided to protect the Vshoestrings from dust and also to avord ready access to the interior of the `holder for thepurpose of arranging the strings therein.

The casing may be made of any suitable material adapted for the purpose,either wood', cardboard, or glass, and if the latter be used for the sides and ends a suitable framework vto support theglass will be provided and secured to the base in any suitable manner, as

will be readily understood. The advantage the nger-post will afford room for the thumb and finger of the operator when grasping one of theV strings by its middle loop, and it is obvious that the Shoestring can be withdrawn horizontally from the holder by grasping the middle loop of such string and that during such withdrawal the vertical posts 8` and 9 will prevent the disarrangement or tangling of the 'other shoestrings by the string that is being withdrawn. f

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacriicing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is;-

1. In a Shoestring-holder, the combination with the supporting-base, of a vertical finger-a IOG post supported by the base to receive the middle loop of the shoestring, and a series of spaced vertical posts supported by the base on each side and to the rear of the linger-post, and around which the respective portions of the string extending from the middle loop are looped, substantially as described.

2. In a Shoestring-holder, the combination with the supporting-base, of a vertical iin gerpost supported by the base near one end thereof to receive the middle loop of the Shoestring, Said iingerpost having a groove in its outer face, and a series of spaced vertical pos ts supported by the base on each side and to the rear of the linger-post, and around which the respective portions of the string extending from the middle loop are looped, substantially as described.

3. In a Shoestring-holder, thc combination of the casing having its front end wall formed of two sections with a space between them, of a vertical finger-post supported by the base in the said space, to receive the middle loop of the Shoestring, and a series of spaced vcrtical posts supported by the base within the casing to the rear and on each side of the iinger-post, and around which the respective portions of the string extending from the middle loop are looped, substantially as described.

4. In a Shoestring-holder, the combination of the casing having its front end wall formed of two sections with a space between them, of a vertical finger-post supported by the base in said space to receive the middle loop of the Shoestring, a pair of vertical posts supported by the base near its front end to the rear and on each side of the iinger-post, and a pair of spaced vertical posts supported by the base near the rear end of the casing, and around which vertical posts the respective portions of the string extending from the middle are looped, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM D. HANCOCK.

Vitnesscs:

Roer. L. WELLS, WILLIAM C. DEAN. 

